The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for various hip and foot conditions, as well as shoulder conditions, due to inadequate medical opinions addressing the Veteran's contentions regarding in-service falls and treatment for rubella.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners did not adequately address the Veteran's lay statements about his pain since service and the relevant medical literature.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip condition with arthritis, right hip condition with arthritis, left foot arthritis with four joints missing, arthritis of the right foot with four joints missing, right shoulder condition with arthritis, left shoulder condition with arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2021
- Citation
- 21067144
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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